source Kevin Loria/Business Insider Sea level rise is threatening coastal cities around the world. If you live in a city like Miami, New York City, or Charleston, the evidence is apparent if you head to the right neighborhood during high tides – especially those known … [Read more...] about Cities around the US are flooding on sunny days — here’s what it’s like
Sunny days
Hot, sunny days could slow 5G networks, but research offers solutions
Hot, sunny weather could degrade future fifth-generation or "5G" cellular transmissions by more than 15% -- which could mean more dropped calls in places like Florida and the Middle East -- but an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University engineer says research will guide … [Read more...] about Hot, sunny days could slow 5G networks, but research offers solutions
FCC Chairman Calls April’s Seven State Sunny Day 911 Outage “Terrifying”
This edition of IT Hiccups of the Week revisits the 911 emergency call system outages that affected all of Washington State and parts of Oregon just before midnight, 9 April 2014. As I wrote at the time, CenturyLink—a telecom provider from Louisiana that is contracted by … [Read more...] about FCC Chairman Calls April’s Seven State Sunny Day 911 Outage “Terrifying”
Solar Sunny Days
Solar energy is finally getting its day in the sun, buoyed by renewable-energy incentives and snowballing economies of scale. Former Stanford University professor Dick Swanson, the founder and CTO of Sunnyvale, CA-based SunPower, says there’s still an important place for … [Read more...] about Solar Sunny Days
Good Day Sunshine
The following article appears in the March/April 2007 issue of Technology Review. One of the largest solar power plants in the world went on line this winter in the sunny pastures of Serpa, a town in southern Portugal. The plant is owned by General Electric and operated by … [Read more...] about Good Day Sunshine